# The best Hermann Hesse novels

Hesse's novels and longer stories from Peter Camenzind to The Glass Bead Game, sorted by readers and recommendation lists: the most read and translated first.

- 6 votes · 12 items
- Sep 26, 2019 · Johanna Winkler
- https://even.best/en/l/2319/the-best-hermann-hesse-novels

## Top 12

1. **Steppenwolf** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1927. Harry Haller torn between bourgeois life and the magic theatre.
2. **Siddhartha** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1922. A young Brahmin's spiritual quest; his most translated book.
3. **Knulp** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1915. Three stories about a lovable vagabond.
4. **The Journey to the East** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1932. A mysterious journey by a league of pilgrims.
5. **Gertrude** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1910. A musician and an unrequited love.
6. **Demian** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1919. Emil Sinclair's path to himself, first published under a pseudonym.
7. **The Glass Bead Game** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1943. His longest work, behind the 1946 Nobel Prize.
8. **Beneath the Wheel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1906. A gifted pupil broken by the school system.
9. **Peter Camenzind** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1904. The debut novel that made his name.
10. **Rosshalde** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1914. A painter's failing marriage.
11. **Klingsor's Last Summer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1920. A painter's last, blazing summer.
12. **Narcissus and Goldmund** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1930. The monk and the wanderer, spirit and senses.

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